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January 10, 2008

Who Speaks for Consumers?

Recently, a number of news stories have been complaining about the wireless industry.
January 8, 2008

When ‘Repeal’ Loses its Appeal

The next president and Congress will face an important decision: Let the Bush tax cuts expire in 2010, keep them or make even further cuts.
January 1, 2008

IPI Communications Policy Guide 2.0

This Guide to Communications Policy explains in plain language the issues and opportunities that policy makers face in considering the future of the U.S. communications industry. It supplies legislators otherwise at the mercy of regulatory jargon with the tools to make intelligent, principled decisions. The Guide reflects a nonpartisan but distinctly free-market approach that, if followed, will lead to investment, job creation, and new products and services for consumers.

December 20, 2007

Principles and Suggestions for the Review of Insurance Regulation

The problems of insurance industry regulation merit the review currently underway at the Treasury Department. The review should concentrate on identifying the most critical problems these industries face as a consequence of government action (or inaction), and target a few discrete initiatives, such as regulatory competition, that should set the political process on a straight road to reducing those problems.

December 20, 2007

The Gift of the Legislation

Video franchise reform efforts are sweeping the country.
December 18, 2007

Is A National Sales Tax In Your Future?

Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee has been in early-primary-state New Hampshire talking up his support for eliminating the federal income tax and replacing it with a national sales tax.
December 14, 2007

Senator DeMint Comments at Telecom Event

On October 30, 2007, the Institute for Policy Innovation and the Free State Foundation sponsored a major policy conference entitled “The Federal Unbundling Commission?” on Capitol Hill. The following is a slightly edited version of the Keynote Address delivered by Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC) to open the conference.

December 13, 2007

The Future of Health Information Technology

Health information technology (HIT) has become all the rage.
December 11, 2007

The Democrats’ ‘Tax Cut for the Rich’

Democrats have become eager—really eager—to do something about the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) before it forces millions of upper-middle-income Americans to pay more taxes this year.
December 6, 2007

Sometimes a “No” Vote Is a “Yes” Vote

Something remarkable happened in the Senate a few days ago: An avowed free-trader voted against the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Peru (which otherwise passed with strong support on a 77-18 vote).

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